Designers enjoy some unique privileges in our society. Designers are paid to care about the human experience when others worry about system performance, targets, budgets. Designers get rewarded for their taste - something we all want, but doesn't necessarily have. And designers have the responsibility of inventing from a blank page, almost everyday. But one …
Today I was delighted to find a visual summary by the Todoist app which I have been using last year. Found the presentation quite compelling, with clean data visualization as well as illustrations which conveyed a unique personality. You can access the report on this link.
Email has been around a long time, from internet history standards. It began in the 1960s and is still here. Even though now we have so many other ways to message - including WhatsApp, Slack, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, LinkedIn and even Behance. https://twitter.com/benedictevans/status/576174141708996608 So by the Lindy effect, email will be here for a long …
I have not made a plan or vision for 2019, but it will be on the lines of continuing the work started in November 2018. More reading, more writing, more empathy and more humanism. And hopefully better design in all of my work. And writing here will be a big part of 2019, powered by …
Today I just want to take a moment to wish all the readers a very Merry Christmas. Holidays, especially at year end, are a great time to connect with family and friends. You can get cozy in cold weather, and think about the year went by and make plans for the coming one. I wish …
Around 40 days ago, I articulated a purpose for writing here - to hit targets I can't see. I have seen some effects, especially in hitting new ideas. But hopefully there is more to come. I find a reinforcement of this idea echoed by an artist/technologist: You can’t keep your gaze tightly fixed on the …
Celebration of small wins helps in making a behavior easier and habitual. Every small win should be followed by a small celebration, immediately. Maybe just congratulating ourselves, or saying to ourselves, "I'm awesome!". Or, in this case, making a little graphic of a person dancing. The small win I want to share - today is …
In a few days I have to talk, to give a talk, about design and user experience to some of my colleagues. This makes me somewhat uncomfortable. I enjoy doing design and discussing specific problems, but I dislike talking about the general parts of it. Like many things user experience (UX) has become a buzzword …
Something personal - I want to inject fresh energy to this publication. This is the 61st post, and according to Seth Godin, just a thousand will give us a good start. In his own words, For years, I’ve been explaining to people that daily blogging is an extraordinarily useful habit. Even if no one reads …
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